Lastly, there are the true webmasters out there who take On-Page optimization well beyond where it needs to go. (in my humble & profitable opinion) If you don't believe me, go ahead and buy one of those 200 page e-books that expect you to have degree from M.I.T. and a full working knowledge of website coding. I would rather eat glass...I know this because I have read not one of these, but dozens before seeing the light.

SEO news Ok, ok, you have me convinced. I do not want to go with the black hat strategies. But what would be considered black hat? How can I avoid it? Just hold on a second. I'm getting there. Didn't I tell you I was lazy. The rest of the article is focused on the things not to do. By the time I am done, you will know what not to do to your website to not get it banned. There are 2 ways of spamming. On-page and off-page. Sounds familiar? Same factors to help you rank well are the same that can get you penalized or banned. Let's start with our own backyard. Your thinking...Yea, yea I know "As momma always told you." Yep. See your getting it!

Honestly, the first client I found kind of fell into my lap through one of my blogs. I offered to do some web design and advertising for them on the blog, and they asked me if I knew how to get them higher in the Google rankings. To which I replied "Um... yea, I kinda do." Web design + SEO and Internet Marketing = a very powerful money making combo. After that it spread by word of mouth, and a few inquiring emails.

You need to identify the right SEO strategy for your online business, implement it and then review the results periodically. It's surprising to see so many online business owners having no idea as to the strategies that are being used on their websites by SEO experts and why those strategies are needed. While there are no wrong SEO experts, there are SEO experts applying the wrong SEO strategies.

Building backlinks for your website is necessary. Backlinks are links on other websites that link to your website and building them can be done via link exchanging or buying links on others websites. You can have backlinks on any websites, however it's best to have backlinks on websites that relate to your website. Further, try to get links back to your website from sites within your niche that have a high PR (Google Page Rank).

SEO, Search Engine Optimization (the optimization of a website to rank in the top 3 natural results of search engines) Is really all about one single thing. CONTENT. Ever hear how content is KING? So when you are working on your website always remember that it is the CONTENT that matters most. You could apply each of these Top 10 SEO tips, have crappy content, and all of your SEO work would be worthless. Always make sure you content is great, this will keep Google happy, but also and Pinterest most importantly your readers/customers.

The fifth SEO tip is to use your keywords sparingly. Most people still think that 1% - 3% keyword density is ideal, yet it is actually too much. There is an optimum keyword density that has little to do with the keyword itself, but more to do with contextual relevance of the page content to the topic in hand. Which leads to the sixth of the SEO tips: write naturally and honestly. If you know about your subject, write about it in your own language and don't try to meet any perceived need for a specific number of so-called keywords within your page content.